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Source Collection
World War II collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0502.014_002.001
Description
Axis prisoners of war sorting sized clothing in preparation for baling at the Memphis Army Service Forces Depot in Memphis, Tennessee, 1945. Depot Public Relations Office photograph.
Opened in 1942, the depot provided supplies including clothing, food, medical supplies, electronic equipment, petroleum products, and industrial chemicals. It also served as a prisoner of war camp.
Date Created
2021
Date
1945
Recommended Citation
"Memphis Army Service Forces Depot, 1945" (2021). Other images. 17.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-wwtwo3/17
Keywords
Prisoner-of-war camps--Tennessee--Memphis.
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